For the first time in living memory, we all managed to gather in one place, and what a place!  a wonderful Jamaica Plain restaurant called Vee Vee, owned by our friends Dan and Kristen Valachovic.  Unfortunately, the event that finally motivated us to gather en masse was John’s going-away dinner.  Today was his last day (tiling to the end!), and Saturday he starts the drive back to San Diego, via Vermont, to honor his love of non-Euclidean geometry.

John holding forth

John holding forth

Winston, John, and Stephen

Winston, John, and Stephen

Best wishes and happy travels to John, and we hope to lure him back to the fairer coast soon.